diff --git a/sound/core/Kconfig b/sound/core/Kconfig
index c0c2f57a0d6f..313f22e9d929 100644
--- a/sound/core/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/core/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ config SND_PCM
 	tristate
 	select SND_TIMER
 
+config SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
+	tristate
+
 config SND_HWDEP
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/sound/core/Makefile b/sound/core/Makefile
index 43d4117428ac..5e890cfed423 100644
--- a/sound/core/Makefile
+++ b/sound/core/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ snd-$(CONFIG_SND_JACK)	  += jack.o
 snd-pcm-objs := pcm.o pcm_native.o pcm_lib.o pcm_timer.o pcm_misc.o \
 		pcm_memory.o
 
+snd-pcm-dmaengine-objs := pcm_dmaengine.o
+
 snd-page-alloc-y := memalloc.o
 snd-page-alloc-$(CONFIG_SND_DMA_SGBUF) += sgbuf.o
 
@@ -30,6 +32,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SND_TIMER)		+= snd-timer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_HRTIMER)	+= snd-hrtimer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_RTCTIMER)	+= snd-rtctimer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_PCM)		+= snd-pcm.o snd-page-alloc.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SND_DMAENGINE_PCM)	+= snd-pcm-dmaengine.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_RAWMIDI)	+= snd-rawmidi.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_OSSEMUL)	+= oss/
diff --git a/sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c b/sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
similarity index 100%
rename from sound/soc/soc-dmaengine-pcm.c
rename to sound/core/pcm_dmaengine.c
diff --git a/sound/soc/Kconfig b/sound/soc/Kconfig
index 45eeaa9f7fec..5138b8493051 100644
--- a/sound/soc/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/Kconfig
@@ -26,12 +26,9 @@ if SND_SOC
 config SND_SOC_AC97_BUS
 	bool
 
-config SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM
-	bool
-
 config SND_SOC_GENERIC_DMAENGINE_PCM
 	bool
-	select SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM
+	select SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
 
 # All the supported SoCs
 source "sound/soc/atmel/Kconfig"
diff --git a/sound/soc/Makefile b/sound/soc/Makefile
index bc0261476d7a..61a64d281905 100644
--- a/sound/soc/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 snd-soc-core-objs := soc-core.o soc-dapm.o soc-jack.o soc-cache.o soc-utils.o
 snd-soc-core-objs += soc-pcm.o soc-compress.o soc-io.o
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM),)
-snd-soc-core-objs += soc-dmaengine-pcm.o
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SND_SOC_GENERIC_DMAENGINE_PCM),)
 snd-soc-core-objs += soc-generic-dmaengine-pcm.o
 endif
diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/Kconfig b/sound/soc/omap/Kconfig
index 9f5d55e6b17a..accd0ff0fbfc 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 config SND_OMAP_SOC
 	tristate "SoC Audio for the Texas Instruments OMAP chips"
 	depends on ARCH_OMAP && DMA_OMAP
-	select SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM
+	select SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
 
 config SND_OMAP_SOC_DMIC
 	tristate
diff --git a/sound/soc/pxa/Kconfig b/sound/soc/pxa/Kconfig
index b35809467547..4db74a083db1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/pxa/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/pxa/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ config SND_PXA2XX_SOC
 config SND_MMP_SOC
 	bool "Soc Audio for Marvell MMP chips"
 	depends on ARCH_MMP
-	select SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM
+	select SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
 	select SND_ARM
 	help
 	  Say Y if you want to add support for codecs attached to
diff --git a/sound/soc/spear/Kconfig b/sound/soc/spear/Kconfig
index 3567d73b218e..0a53053495f3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/spear/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/spear/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config SND_SPEAR_SOC
 	tristate
-	select SND_SOC_DMAENGINE_PCM
+	select SND_DMAENGINE_PCM
 
 config SND_SPEAR_SPDIF_OUT
 	tristate